Aspherical As-Sawiya, rolling hills coated in fields and orchards rise to a horizon sharp in opposition to a pristine blue sky. It’s a gorgeous view. However look nearer and it turns into clear why the few thousand residents of this small city within the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank say they’re beneath siege – and why the olives are nonetheless heavy on the timber two weeks after the official date of the start of the annual harvest.
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